Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 22:23:21 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c Message-ID: <20001004222321.G50210@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20001004010120.00b1cb50@207.227.119.2>; from jeff-ml@mountin.net on Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:35:21AM -0500 References: <39D92E08.E00CF2E4@owp.csus.edu> <20001002180303.A40584@freefall.freebsd.org> <39D98B55.126DAFC4@originative.co.uk> <200010031530.JAA26493@harmony.village.org> <20001003124008.A4892@netmonger.net> <39DA182C.C70ED553@originative.co.uk> <200010031800.MAA27859@harmony.village.org> <20001003162720.D51546@freefall.freebsd.org> <39DAC368.C6C213B7@newsguy.com> <4.3.2.20001004010120.00b1cb50@207.227.119.2>
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On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:35:21AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > >I don't think the comparision is appropriate. The divergence between 3.x > >and 4.x came at the very beginning of 3.x's life, and it was not merged > >back because it was too big a change. > > Aren't the SMP changes in -current similar and will reduce the amount of > code that can be backported to -stable with relative ease. Yes. People have been much worse at kernel MFC'ing than userland. You've had several people who feel qualified to do userland MFC'ing, but few feel qualified to do kernel stuff -- we could get rid of some of the diffs if someone confident in doing so spent a little time on it. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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